Sara: Hi, Yangyang! Happy Chinese New Year!
萨拉:嗨,阳阳!春节快乐!
Yangyang: Hi, Sara! Happy Year of the Tiger!
阳阳:嗨,萨拉!虎年快乐!
Sara: Sorry. What do you mean?
萨拉:对不起。你是什么意思?
Yangyang: Well, we Chinese named the years after twelve animals. In the Chinese calendar, we just entered the year of the tiger.
阳阳:嗯,我们中国人用十二个动物给年命名。在农历,我们刚刚进入了虎年。
Sara: How interesting! What are the twelve animals?
萨拉:多么有趣啊!十二个动物是什么?
Yangyang: They are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.
阳阳:它们是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。
Sara: How often does each animal come around?
萨拉:每个动物多久循环一次?
Yangyang: Every twelve years. I was born in the year of the tiger, so my birth-year animal is the tiger.
阳阳:每十二年。我出生在虎年,所以我的生肖是虎。